Blogs in January 1970

The Tilted World 1st January 1970

The stunning, epic new novel from Tom Franklin, the Gold Dagger Award winning author, writing with his wife, prize-winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly

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Desert Solitaire 1st January 1970

Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the heart that beat within, is a fascinating, sometimes raucous, always personal account...

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New Orleans Noir 1st January 1970

Set in periods before and after Katrina, 18 short stories are set in and around the city of New Orleans, all by different authors, under the editorship of Julie Smith.

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The Electric Michelangelo 1st January 1970

On the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, Cy Parks spends his childhood years first in a guest house for consumptives run by his mother and then as apprentice to alcoholic tattoo-artist Eliot Riley. Thirsty for new experiences, he departs...

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Manhattan ’45 1st January 1970

In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. Never again would the city possess the unique mixture of innocence and sophistication, romance and formality, generosity and confidence which characterized it in this...

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